“If the holy anger of the Lord Jesus was stirred when He beheld the profanation of that House which was to be a ‘house of prayer,’ if the idolatrous commercialization of it caused Him to cleanse it in such a drastic manner, how must He now regard many of the edifices which have been consecrated to His name! How tragically does history repeat itself! The things which are now done in so many churchhouses—the ice cream suppers, the bazaars, the moving picture shows, and other forms of entertainment—what are these but idolatrous commercialization of these ‘houses of prayer’? No wonder that such places are devoid of spirituality and strangers to the power of God. The Lord will not tolerate an unholy mixture of worldly things with spiritual.” —A. W. Pink